The Brightside: Mets beat Cardinals 3 games to 1

For me it was a bit of an exhausting series. It was full of drama and awesomeness. How awesome are our Mets right now? Really Awesome.

We owned the Cardinals through 3 games. All the hype I can muster will be below...

Tim Farrell/Star LedgerEverybody Clapped Johan's hand with a high 5 after the No-Hitter

SERIES MVP!

Johan Santana is the Series MVP. Not only did he throw the first No Hitter in New York Mets History, but really he set the tone for the starting pitching in the series. It was the perfect guy on our team to have the first No Hitter. I personally hope he won't miss his next start, as he really does set the tone for the rotation overall. Now I'm just imagining a rotation with Santana, RA Dickey, Matt Harvey, Zack Wheeler, and Jon Niese.

THE GOOD!

There was much good this series.

The Starting Pitching - Overall it was excellent. Dickey followed up with another stud performance shutout. Jon Niese's curveball killed the Cardinals, and even Dillon Gee pulled out a quality start. I was so hyped still about Santana's and Dickey's performance I didn't want Terry Collins to remove Niese and Gee either!

Mike Baxter - The injury is bad, but if it wasn't for his catch, we wouldn't be hyped about the No Hitter. It's good that at least he doesn't have a concussion.

Lucas "Hits them 5 Miles Long all the" Duda "Day" only went 4 for 19, but he made his hits count. He nailed 2 home runs and pulled out 6 RBI's in the series. This is what Mets fans expected from Duda, and he is living up to his promise.

"Captain Sisko" Kirk Nieuwenhuis went 6 for 17, He hit a home run, a double, knocked in 4 RBI, and was really the guy that helped to set the tone for the hitters in Santana's no hitter. He got on base. He made sure not to mess up on the basepaths. He made sure to shout loudly enough so there wasn't a collision in left field. Overall he had a great performance.

"Captain A-met-rica" David Wright nailed 2 RBI's, 2 doubles, a HR, and is still pulling all the walks he can. He's starting to slow down a bit but he is still in the running for the best batting average in the National League.

I am going confess, it turns out I've been mispronouncing Josh Thole's name for, well since ever. I blame ESPN when he first started playing (I was pronouncing it Tho-l, no Toll-lee). It is great to have him back. It's also nice to have a catcher that we know can at least hit.

THE BAD!

Mike Baxter's injury, get well soon man!

The Bullpen - Officially the only three members I'm not saying are an issue are Frank Fransisco, Tim Byrdak, and Elvin Ramirez, and the last one only because it was his first major league game. Jon Rauch is starting to implode, and Bobby Parnell is still a bit iffy. At least we don't have Manny Acosta and Ramon Ramirez on the mound.

Fan's flipping out about Bill Maher buying a part of the team and comparing it to Rush Limbaugh not being able to buy an NFL team. One, he is a minority owner with no power. Two, the research I found was Bill Maher has not made racist comments about MLB or their players, which Rush Limbaugh has done, twice. Yes, Maher's show is on HBO, but that is about cursing more then anything. If you look at my twitter (at MrCorvin) you will see that I was having a back and forth with someone about the whole Maher/Limbaugh thing.

Ike Davis still isn't hitting. Time to move Duda to first since Bay seems to be coming back soon. Let's pull the trigger and have Ike be able to work things out without pressure.

MURPHY WATCH!

Do you have your votes in? I have my votes in. 25 votes. 25 Votes for my favorite Mets in our current lineup. The All Star Ballot is up. This is the time to tell Mets Management what you want by voting. You want Captain Sisko a Met? Why not vote for him as All Star. Shock the world by giving him write in votes. I did that last year with DanielMurphy, now you can do it with Captain Sisko. While you are at it, you should also make sure to vote for everyone, especially future all star 2nd baseman Daniel Murphy.

Right now I would believe that David Wright and RA Dickey should at least go. I think Murphy deserves it.

Against the Cardinals he went 4 for 16, had a double, a triple in Johan's No Hitter that helped drive in runs. Right now he's above his career batting average and his career OBP. (.301 and .352 compared to career .294 and .344).

So submit your ballots! Get Murphy and any of your other favorite New York Mets into the All Star Game...so they can be repeat players in 2013!